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The period of neo-liberalism witnesses an increase in the share of economic surplus in total output both in individual countries and also for the world as a whole. This is because the “opening” up of the economy to freer trade in goods and services leads to a rapid introduction of structural-cum-technological change, which, because of its labour-displacing character, keeps down the growth rate of employment, to even below the natural growth-rate of the work-force. The resulting increase in the relative size of the reserve army of labour restrains the level of real wages everywhere, even as labour productivity grows massively, causing a rise in the share of economic surplus.

BHOPAL: Both BJP and Congress will contest four by-polls in the face of mini internal revolt. The by-elections are being held in one Parliamentary and three Assembly constituencies. The threat of revolt is greater in BJP largely because the BJP sponsored defectors in two Vidhan Sabha constituencies. In one constituency BJP has chosen to nominate such a candidate who joined the BJP only a few days ago.

The corporate media could not but take note of the beating that the image of PM Modi and BJP got due to failure in management/mismanagement of Covid-19 pandemic; bringing in stark focus the absence of public healthcare infrastructure both in urban and rural India; lack of equipment, oxygen and medicines and healthcare personnel; and lakhs of counted and uncounted deaths as aptly penned by Parul Khakkar in Shab-Bahini Ganga and the king becoming ‘Nanga’.

Scrapping Article 370 gave the Modi Government much to crow about. But it did not stop the terror attacks. Or the terror killings. Today, the Kashmiri Hindu is back in his hellhole of the late 1980s. There’s a new strain of terrorists stalking him and killing him with a bullet to his head. Women are not spared.

India has never been able to record its workforce in the unorganised sector, and therefore there has been no question of providing them social security. They greatly suffered during COVID-19 lockdown and containment measures despite Modi government’s big assurances that never reached the ground, attracting bitter national and international criticism. The Centre promised to register all of them, but the e-shram portal for registration could be launched only on August 26, 2021, that too after the stern stand of the Supreme Court of India. However, the registration is too slow on account of numerous hurdles.

New Delhi: Vijayveer Sidhu and Rhythm Sangwan outclassed Thailand’s Kanyakom Hirunphoem and Schwakon Triniphakorn 9-1 in mixed rapid-fire, to give India its 10thgold medal of ISSF Junior World Championship, at the Las Palmas Shooting range in Lima, Peru.

New Delhi: Even as Olympic and World champion Belgium protested the process of the FIH Hockey Stars Awards, India's Chief coach Graham Reid hailed the clean sweep of Individual awards made by his players as a reflection of a lot of hard work.

New Delhi: Kolkata’s Viraj Madappa hit day’s best card of six-under 66 to be the joint leader at 12-under 204 along with Bengaluru’s Khalin Joshi who shot a 69 in round three of the Rs. 70 lakh TATA Steel PGTI MP Cup at Delhi Golf Club (DGC) here on Thursday.

New Delhi: India went down to Italy 4-6, in the men's trap team gold medal match and had to contend with silver, its 20thmedal, in the ISSF Junior World Championship in Lima, Peru.

Sons are the flavour of the season, for all the wrong reasons. Whether it's a Union minister's son or that of a Bollywood superstar. So it is that fans of Shahrukh Khan took to primetime talk shows in defence of Aryan Khan. Delhi journalist Renu Mittal said Aryan Khan is but a “child” and the NCB haul of narcotics from Aryan Khan’s possession only “chillar” not worth the brouhaha. "Why cannot the NCB instead concentrate on the 3000 kilo narcotics haul from Adani port?" she asked.